Fire near Septentrionale (ZM)

10.90°S, 30.97°E · first detected on 6 September at 11:33

What the satellites measured

This fire was tracked from 6 September at 11:33 to 7 September at 15:40, through 239 satellite detections. The detected extent reaches 3,812 ha.

Detected extent: 3,812 ha
Cumulative power: 2,861 MW
Peak power, one pixel: 113 MW
VIIRS and MODIS detections: 239

These four figures cover the polar orbits alone, the ones that measure an area. The pass table below also counts geostationary detections, more frequent but too coarse for geometry, and its power column sums a whole pass where the peak above is that of a single pixel.

“Detected extent” is not “burned area”: it is the union of the ground footprints of the satellite pixels, and a 375 m pixel counts in full even when only a forest edge is burning. Compared with press figures it is in practice one and a half to three times the area reported. Detections taken at the edge of the scan swath, too coarse to measure anything at all, are excluded. These figures come from thermal detection and are not an official assessment: only the emergency services and the competent authorities are authoritative.

Replay how the fire spread

The map is framed on this fire and loads only its detections. The timeline below covers the whole known life of the fire, from the first trace, satellite or report, to the last announcement from emergency services, and the ticks on the bar mark those announcements. Detections often stop before containment: a fire stops radiating once it stops spreading, which is exactly when it is declared contained. “1 h” shows what is burning within an hour of the chosen moment : the map then follows the power curve below and empties when it falls. “12 h” stacks twelve hours , as the home map does, where stacking avoids an empty screen between two satellite passes. Both are true, but they say different things.

How the radiative power evolved

One point per satellite pass: the sum of the fire radiative power measured over the fire. This is the curve that says whether the fire eased off or picked up again, which no cumulative figure shows. The window covers 4 days; beyond that, clustering would merge two successive fires in the same place.

Fire dynamics

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Satellite passes in detail

Pass	Power summed over the pass	Detections	Sensor
7 September at 23:05	39 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 23:03	22 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 22:50	88 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 22:50	84 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 22:43	68 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 22:35	165 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 22:35	193 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 22:33	58 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 22:23	50 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 22:20	25 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 22:20	75 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 22:05	25 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 22:05	77 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 22:03	46 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 21:53	36 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 21:50	80 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 21:50	127 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 21:43	61 MW	4	Met12
7 September at 21:35	40 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 21:33	40 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 21:23	32 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 21:20	38 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 21:13	27 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 21:06	175 MW	7	Terra
7 September at 21:05	111 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 21:05	112 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 21:03	47 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 20:53	13 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 20:50	181 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 20:50	149 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 20:43	46 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 20:35	155 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 20:35	150 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 20:33	72 MW	3	Met12
7 September at 20:23	43 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 20:20	73 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 20:20	169 MW	6	Met9
7 September at 20:13	23 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 20:05	96 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 20:05	64 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 20:03	11 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 19:50	61 MW	3	Met9
7 September at 19:50	27 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 19:35	30 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 19:35	103 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 19:33	15 MW	1	Met12
7 September at 19:23	31 MW	2	Met12
7 September at 19:20	187 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 19:20	308 MW	13	Met9
7 September at 19:13	125 MW	6	Met12
7 September at 19:05	551 MW	23	Met9
7 September at 19:05	492 MW	15	Met10
7 September at 19:03	117 MW	5	Met12
7 September at 18:53	176 MW	8	Met12
7 September at 18:50	652 MW	24	Met9
7 September at 18:50	503 MW	15	Met10
7 September at 18:43	140 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 18:35	344 MW	11	Met10
7 September at 18:35	593 MW	26	Met9
7 September at 18:33	108 MW	7	Met12
7 September at 18:23	154 MW	9	Met12
7 September at 18:20	605 MW	23	Met9
7 September at 18:20	463 MW	15	Met10
7 September at 18:13	168 MW	10	Met12
7 September at 18:05	690 MW	22	Met10
7 September at 18:05	842 MW	33	Met9
7 September at 18:03	518 MW	24	Met12
7 September at 17:53	527 MW	31	Met12
7 September at 17:50	877 MW	26	Met10
7 September at 17:50	1,141 MW	45	Met9
7 September at 17:43	518 MW	28	Met12
7 September at 17:35	1,208 MW	38	Met9
7 September at 17:35	873 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 17:33	540 MW	27	Met12
7 September at 17:23	508 MW	26	Met12
7 September at 17:20	1,303 MW	46	Met9
7 September at 17:20	1,029 MW	30	Met10
7 September at 17:13	402 MW	22	Met12
7 September at 17:05	1,039 MW	30	Met10
7 September at 17:05	1,246 MW	44	Met9
7 September at 17:03	420 MW	24	Met12
7 September at 16:53	544 MW	24	Met12
7 September at 16:50	1,507 MW	48	Met9
7 September at 16:50	1,421 MW	37	Met10
7 September at 16:43	660 MW	32	Met12
7 September at 16:35	1,432 MW	43	Met9
7 September at 16:35	1,209 MW	28	Met10
7 September at 16:33	811 MW	39	Met12
7 September at 16:23	845 MW	39	Met12
7 September at 16:20	1,035 MW	19	Met10
7 September at 16:20	2,153 MW	50	Met9
7 September at 16:19	536 MW	11	Met10
7 September at 16:13	1,037 MW	42	Met12
7 September at 16:05	1,633 MW	42	Met9
7 September at 16:05	307 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 16:04	539 MW	9	Met10
7 September at 16:03	1,024 MW	45	Met12
7 September at 15:53	1,178 MW	55	Met12
7 September at 15:50	2,579 MW	65	Met9
7 September at 15:50	634 MW	10	Met10
7 September at 15:49	613 MW	11	Met10
7 September at 15:43	900 MW	44	Met12
7 September at 15:40	3,098 MW	162	Aqua
7 September at 15:35	552 MW	7	Met10
7 September at 15:35	2,987 MW	56	Met9
7 September at 15:34	1,240 MW	20	Met10
7 September at 15:34	115 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 15:33	1,726 MW	58	Met12
7 September at 15:23	873 MW	40	Met12
7 September at 15:20	1,385 MW	32	Met9
7 September at 15:19	732 MW	13	Met9
7 September at 15:19	1,236 MW	20	Met10
7 September at 15:13	851 MW	35	Met12
7 September at 15:05	2,014 MW	32	Met9
7 September at 15:04	1,924 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 15:04	1,309 MW	22	Met9
7 September at 15:03	1,161 MW	42	Met12
7 September at 14:53	692 MW	38	Met12
7 September at 14:50	1,296 MW	22	Met9
7 September at 14:49	1,339 MW	16	Met10
7 September at 14:49	1,617 MW	32	Met9
7 September at 14:43	1,332 MW	49	Met12
7 September at 14:35	1,133 MW	13	Met9
7 September at 14:34	2,109 MW	19	Met10
7 September at 14:34	3,036 MW	51	Met9
7 September at 14:34	3,049 MW	210	N
7 September at 14:33	1,637 MW	55	Met12
7 September at 14:23	1,703 MW	55	Met12
7 September at 14:20	431 MW	7	Met9
7 September at 14:19	5,502 MW	63	Met9
7 September at 14:19	2,238 MW	17	Met10
7 September at 14:13	1,450 MW	50	Met12
7 September at 14:04	1,426 MW	13	Met10
7 September at 14:04	3,393 MW	52	Met9
7 September at 14:03	1,133 MW	41	Met12
7 September at 13:57	6,356 MW	463	N21
7 September at 13:49	2,798 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 13:49	4,805 MW	64	Met9
7 September at 13:34	5,918 MW	65	Met9
7 September at 13:34	4,293 MW	27	Met10
7 September at 13:19	4,338 MW	57	Met9
7 September at 13:19	2,537 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 13:13	6,901 MW	718	N20
7 September at 13:04	3,954 MW	46	Met9
7 September at 13:04	3,134 MW	25	Met10
7 September at 12:53	3,293 MW	319	N
7 September at 12:49	3,317 MW	38	Met9
7 September at 12:49	2,712 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 12:34	2,991 MW	40	Met9
7 September at 12:34	2,679 MW	27	Met10
7 September at 12:19	2,975 MW	28	Met10
7 September at 12:19	3,487 MW	35	Met9
7 September at 12:04	4,942 MW	42	Met9
7 September at 12:04	4,306 MW	36	Met10
7 September at 12:03	2,962 MW	62	Met12
7 September at 11:53	2,681 MW	57	Met12
7 September at 11:49	3,365 MW	24	Met10
7 September at 11:49	4,621 MW	32	Met9
7 September at 11:34	3,565 MW	22	Met9
7 September at 11:34	3,101 MW	19	Met10
7 September at 11:19	1,933 MW	24	Met9
7 September at 11:19	1,911 MW	22	Met10
7 September at 11:04	3,425 MW	21	Met9
7 September at 11:04	3,372 MW	23	Met10
7 September at 10:49	2,749 MW	21	Met10
7 September at 10:49	2,302 MW	14	Met9
7 September at 10:35	49 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 10:34	1,367 MW	12	Met9
7 September at 10:34	1,726 MW	16	Met10
7 September at 10:20	271 MW	6	Met10
7 September at 10:19	1,151 MW	10	Met9
7 September at 10:19	435 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 10:05	188 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 10:04	398 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 10:04	238 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 09:50	297 MW	5	Met10
7 September at 09:49	296 MW	5	Met9
7 September at 09:35	275 MW	4	Met10
7 September at 09:34	246 MW	4	Met9
7 September at 09:20	102 MW	3	Met10
7 September at 09:19	64 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 09:05	80 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 09:04	73 MW	2	Met9
7 September at 08:54	62 MW	4	Terra
7 September at 08:35	28 MW	1	Met10
7 September at 07:50	51 MW	2	Met10
7 September at 02:01	7 MW	4	N
7 September at 01:24	37 MW	16	N21
7 September at 00:38	23 MW	17	N20
6 September at 23:05	579 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 23:05	428 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 23:03	278 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 22:53	26 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:50	61 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 22:50	138 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 22:43	20 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:35	235 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 22:35	389 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 22:33	157 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 22:23	42 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 22:20	203 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 22:20	442 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 22:13	62 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 22:05	167 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 22:05	63 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 21:53	39 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:50	53 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 21:50	22 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:43	33 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 21:35	165 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 21:35	22 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:33	41 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:23	40 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 21:20	155 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 21:20	30 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 21:05	110 MW	5	Met9
6 September at 21:05	99 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 21:03	14 MW	1	Met12
6 September at 20:53	95 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 20:50	120 MW	4	Met10
6 September at 20:50	300 MW	9	Met9
6 September at 20:43	110 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:35	27 MW	1	Met10
6 September at 20:35	102 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 20:28	365 MW	18	Terra
6 September at 20:23	168 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 20:20	73 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 20:20	242 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 20:13	59 MW	2	Met12
6 September at 20:05	186 MW	7	Met9
6 September at 20:05	54 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 20:03	83 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 19:53	98 MW	6	Met12
6 September at 19:50	174 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 19:50	306 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 19:43	115 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:35	350 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 19:35	253 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 19:33	83 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 19:23	67 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:20	466 MW	16	Met9
6 September at 19:20	329 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 19:13	54 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 19:05	437 MW	15	Met9
6 September at 19:05	350 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 19:03	53 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:53	68 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 18:50	306 MW	9	Met10
6 September at 18:50	436 MW	17	Met9
6 September at 18:43	158 MW	10	Met12
6 September at 18:35	492 MW	17	Met9
6 September at 18:35	371 MW	11	Met10
6 September at 18:33	40 MW	3	Met12
6 September at 18:23	136 MW	7	Met12
6 September at 18:20	347 MW	11	Met10
6 September at 18:20	479 MW	18	Met9
6 September at 18:13	80 MW	4	Met12
6 September at 18:05	384 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 18:05	481 MW	16	Met9
6 September at 18:03	82 MW	5	Met12
6 September at 17:53	216 MW	9	Met12
6 September at 17:50	539 MW	13	Met10
6 September at 17:50	633 MW	21	Met9
6 September at 17:43	314 MW	15	Met12
6 September at 17:35	928 MW	21	Met10
6 September at 17:35	1,014 MW	29	Met9
6 September at 17:33	422 MW	19	Met12
6 September at 17:23	584 MW	25	Met12
6 September at 17:20	1,795 MW	44	Met9
6 September at 17:20	1,839 MW	40	Met10
6 September at 17:13	650 MW	26	Met12
6 September at 17:05	1,719 MW	32	Met10
6 September at 17:05	1,878 MW	50	Met9
6 September at 17:03	749 MW	25	Met12
6 September at 16:53	421 MW	20	Met12
6 September at 16:50	1,387 MW	41	Met9
6 September at 16:50	1,417 MW	36	Met10
6 September at 16:43	296 MW	17	Met12
6 September at 16:35	1,510 MW	34	Met10
6 September at 16:35	1,731 MW	48	Met9
6 September at 16:33	546 MW	25	Met12
6 September at 16:23	723 MW	29	Met12
6 September at 16:20	1,541 MW	31	Met10
6 September at 16:20	2,655 MW	67	Met9
6 September at 16:19	519 MW	8	Met10
6 September at 16:13	806 MW	38	Met12
6 September at 16:05	753 MW	14	Met10
6 September at 16:05	2,706 MW	65	Met9
6 September at 16:04	1,022 MW	17	Met10
6 September at 16:03	628 MW	30	Met12
6 September at 15:53	511 MW	29	Met12
6 September at 15:50	203 MW	5	Met10
6 September at 15:50	2,278 MW	56	Met9
6 September at 15:49	1,242 MW	19	Met10
6 September at 15:43	569 MW	31	Met12
6 September at 15:35	2,614 MW	45	Met9
6 September at 15:34	1,919 MW	22	Met10
6 September at 15:33	1,589 MW	52	Met12
6 September at 15:23	968 MW	41	Met12
6 September at 15:20	2,206 MW	46	Met9
6 September at 15:19	1,368 MW	22	Met10
6 September at 15:19	524 MW	8	Met9
6 September at 15:13	1,813 MW	60	Met12
6 September at 15:05	2,249 MW	41	Met9
6 September at 15:04	2,005 MW	18	Met9
6 September at 15:04	2,837 MW	29	Met10
6 September at 15:03	1,864 MW	55	Met12
6 September at 15:01	2,997 MW	29	Aqua
6 September at 14:53	1,718 MW	58	Met12
6 September at 14:50	949 MW	18	Met9
6 September at 14:49	1,933 MW	28	Met10
6 September at 14:49	3,870 MW	45	Met9
6 September at 14:43	1,955 MW	63	Met12
6 September at 14:35	609 MW	12	Met9
6 September at 14:34	4,603 MW	46	Met9
6 September at 14:34	3,209 MW	24	Met10
6 September at 14:33	2,167 MW	55	Met12
6 September at 14:23	1,612 MW	58	Met12
6 September at 14:19	4,769 MW	55	Met9
6 September at 14:19	1,270 MW	12	Met10
6 September at 14:18	4,557 MW	262	N21
6 September at 14:13	2,183 MW	71	Met12
6 September at 14:04	4,183 MW	56	Met9
6 September at 14:04	2,131 MW	19	Met10
6 September at 14:03	1,944 MW	62	Met12
6 September at 13:53	1,874 MW	65	Met12
6 September at 13:49	3,904 MW	53	Met9
6 September at 13:49	2,175 MW	21	Met10
6 September at 13:43	1,920 MW	66	Met12
6 September at 13:34	2,068 MW	20	Met10
6 September at 13:34	3,879 MW	51	Met9
6 September at 13:33	2,059 MW	64	Met12
6 September at 13:32	6,462 MW	873	N20
6 September at 13:23	1,916 MW	58	Met12
6 September at 13:19	2,867 MW	25	Met10
6 September at 13:19	4,803 MW	59	Met9
6 September at 13:15	6,330 MW	570	N
6 September at 13:13	1,990 MW	63	Met12
6 September at 13:04	3,278 MW	29	Met10
6 September at 13:04	4,849 MW	61	Met9
6 September at 13:03	2,168 MW	65	Met12
6 September at 12:53	2,100 MW	63	Met12
6 September at 12:49	3,225 MW	25	Met10
6 September at 12:49	4,163 MW	45	Met9
6 September at 12:43	2,710 MW	61	Met12
6 September at 12:36	5,897 MW	232	N21
6 September at 12:34	3,323 MW	24	Met10
6 September at 12:34	4,211 MW	42	Met9
6 September at 12:33	2,412 MW	66	Met12
6 September at 12:23	2,427 MW	56	Met12
6 September at 12:19	2,873 MW	20	Met10
6 September at 12:19	4,464 MW	34	Met9
6 September at 12:13	2,295 MW	47	Met12
6 September at 12:04	4,136 MW	27	Met9
6 September at 12:04	3,400 MW	24	Met10
6 September at 12:03	2,360 MW	52	Met12
6 September at 11:53	2,867 MW	52	Met12
6 September at 11:49	3,938 MW	25	Met10
6 September at 11:49	4,605 MW	28	Met9
6 September at 11:43	1,530 MW	39	Met12
6 September at 11:34	2,478 MW	20	Met10
6 September at 11:34	2,377 MW	21	Met9
6 September at 11:33	1,074 MW	35	Met12
6 September at 11:23	1,189 MW	36	Met12
6 September at 11:19	1,823 MW	17	Met9
6 September at 11:19	1,551 MW	15	Met10
6 September at 11:13	1,484 MW	41	Met12
6 September at 11:04	2,359 MW	16	Met10
6 September at 11:04	2,925 MW	17	Met9
6 September at 11:03	1,788 MW	41	Met12
6 September at 10:53	1,654 MW	34	Met12
6 September at 10:49	801 MW	6	Met9
6 September at 10:49	843 MW	6	Met10
6 September at 10:43	647 MW	22	Met12
6 September at 10:34	374 MW	4	Met9
6 September at 10:34	320 MW	3	Met10
6 September at 10:33	363 MW	19	Met12
6 September at 10:23	439 MW	21	Met12
6 September at 10:19	278 MW	3	Met9
6 September at 10:19	218 MW	2	Met10
6 September at 08:14	112 MW	6	Terra
6 September at 01:41	8 MW	6	N21
6 September at 00:59	30 MW	22	N20
6 September at 00:37	8 MW	5	N

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